Mr Wang Ping and Mr Scott Wharton at the BYD facilityLeft to right: Mr Wang Ping, BYD China Findreams Leasing Co. General Manager and Mr Scott Wharton, Smart CEO at the BYD facility in Shenzhen.Scott Wharton at BYDSmart CEO Scott Wharton at the BYD facility after signing the strategic partnership with BYD and DENZA.SYDNEY, July 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BYD, the world’s leading manufacturer of new energy vehicles, and Smart, Australia’s leading salary packaging and novated leasing provider, today announced a strategic partnership to make electric vehicle (EV) ownership more accessible and affordable to Australians. As the strategic partner to BYD and its premium brand DENZA, Smart provides access to more than 2.5 million Australians employed by Smart’s clients across the government, healthcare, education, corporate...

Silvaco is integrating NVIDIA accelerated computing and AI with its physics-based simulation portfolio to advance digital twins for semiconductor design and manufacturing SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Silvaco Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVCO) (“Silvaco”), a leading provider of TCAD, EDA software, and semiconductor IP solutions, and NVIDIA, a global leader in accelerated computing and AI, today announced a collaboration to advance next-generation digital twins for semiconductor design and manufacturing using NVIDIA accelerated computing and AI. Silvaco is combining decades of physics-based modeling expertise with NVIDIA’s accelerated computing, CUDA-X™ libraries, PhysicsNeMo, Omniverse libraries, and Nemotron open models to help customers build, train, and deploy high-fidelity digital twins capable of predicting,...

NVIDIA Agent Toolkit With NVIDIA PhysicsNeMo and CUDA-X LibrariesNVIDIA today announced an expansion of NVIDIA Agent Toolkit for engineering, now adding NVIDIA PhysicsNeMo and CUDA-X libraries as agent-ready tools and skills built to transform how the world designs and develops products.News Summary:NVIDIA expands NVIDIA Agent Toolkit with re-architected NVIDIA PhysicsNeMo libraries and updated NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries, enabling software developers to build autonomous AI engineers with AI physics skills, accelerated solvers and quantum chemistry capabilities. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra leads among open models in agentic register-transfer level coding with the ACE-RTL agent from NVIDIA Research, helping enterprises build customizable AI agents for chip design and verification. Cadence, Siemens, Synopsys and other industry leaders...

ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, July 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ascentage Pharma Group International (NASDAQ: AAPG; HKEX: 6855), a global, commercial-stage, integrated biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies to address unmet medical needs in cancer, today announced that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Dajun Yang, has been named to The Medicine Maker Power List 2026, ranking No. 3 among the Top 10 in the Small Molecules category. Published annually, the Power List recognizes global leaders across small molecules, biopharma and advanced therapies. Nominated by industry peers worldwide and selected by a panel of expert judges, the Power List celebrates individuals whose work continues to advance drug discovery, manufacturing innovation and patient access...

Hong Kong, July 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Everbright Digital Holding Limited (NASDAQ: EDHL) (“Company” or “Everbright”), an integrated marketing solutions provider headquartered in Hong Kong, today announced the pricing of its public offering (“Offering”) for the purchase and sale of 4,293,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares, par value US$0.00064 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”). Each Ordinary Share will be sold at an offering price of $1.88 per share. The gross proceeds to the Company from the Offering are expected to be approximately $8.07 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other Offering expenses payable by the Company WestPark Capital, Inc. is the sole placement agent for the Offering. The Offering is expected to close on or about July 28, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. The...

The Board Unanimously Believes XFLT Shareholders Will Benefit from the King Street Sub-Adviser’s Strong CLO Platform, 30-Year Track Record, Depth of Talent and Expanded Investment Capabilities Leading Proxy Advisors ISS and Glass Lewis BOTH Agree That the King Street Sub-Advisory Agreement Is the Best Path Forward for XFLT XFLT Asks Shareholders to Vote on the WHITE Proxy Card “FOR” the King Street Sub-Advisory Agreement at Special Meeting on July 30, 2026 More Information About the XFLT Proxy Vote Can Be Found Here CHICAGO, July 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XA Investments LLC (“XAI”), manager of XAI Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (XFLT) (the “Fund”), outlined the depth of credentials and qualifications of Rockford Tower Asset Management, L.L.C. (the “King Street Sub-Adviser”), a wholly owned subsidiary of King Street...

The Choice Is Between Approving King Street as Sub-Adviser or Prolonging Uncertainty There Is No Option to Reappoint Octagon as Sub-Adviser The Board Urges XFLT Shareholders Vote on the WHITE Card to Approve the King Street Sub-Adviser Ahead of Special Meeting of Shareholders on July 30th CHICAGO, July 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XA Investments LLC (“XAI”), manager of XAI Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (XFLT) (the “Fund”), clarified the choice put forth before shareholders at the upcoming Special Meeting of Shareholders on July 30, 2026:Vote on the WHITE card “FOR” the approval of the new investment sub-advisory agreement among the Fund, XA Investments LLC and Rockford Tower Asset Management, L.L.C. (the “King Street Sub-Adviser”), a wholly owned subsidiary of King Street Capital Management, L.P. (“King Street”)...

Planned Investments to Scale NAVER’s Initial Multi-Tenant NVIDIA DSX AI Factory to 200 Megawatts by 2028, Fueling Next Generation of Korea and US AI InnovatorsNAVER, NVIDIA and BrookfieldNAVER, NVIDIA and Brookfield today announced a proposed expansion of Korea’s sovereign AI factory infrastructure.News Summary:NAVER, NVIDIA and Brookfield plan to invest in gigawatt-scale, multi-tenant AI cloud infrastructure to power the next generation of AI companies in Korea and the U.S. NAVER and NVIDIA team plan to expand the initial NVIDIA DSX AI factory buildout at GAK Sejong data center from 55 megawatts to 200 megawatts by 2028. NAVER plans to continue its path toward gigawatt-scale sovereign AI infrastructure, deploying the NVIDIA DSX platform to deliver full-stack, lowest-cost AI factory infrastructure for enterprises, industries...

$500-Billion-Plus NVIDIA-SK AI Initiative Spans SK Telecom’s AI Factory of up to 2 Gigawatts and SK hynix’s Long-Term AI Memory PartnershipSK and NVIDIASK Group and NVIDIA today announced plans for a $500-billion-plus comprehensive partnership to establish AI infrastructure serving the surging demand for global compute.News Summary:SK Group and NVIDIA expand strategic collaboration with a $500-billion-plus initiative spanning AI factories and next-generation memory. SK Telecom to build 2-gigawatt NVIDIA Vera Rubin DSX AI Factory to serve global compute demand. NVIDIA and SK hynix establish long-term partnership to secure and codevelop next-generation AI memory, including HBM.SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AI Summit — SK Group and NVIDIA today announced plans for a $500-billion-plus comprehensive...